West’s combat instincts flared a few days ago when his campaign office got a call from a young woman who identified herself as a booker for the Al Jazeera network’s English-language channel.

“She told my staff that she wanted to talk about the perceived uptick in violence in Afghanistan,” West tells us. “I found that strange, since I haven’t been in Afghanistan in eight months. There are a lot of other people better qualified to speak to that subject.

“But my b.s. flag really went up when they said they wanted my address, to pick me up at night. They said they would send a car but wouldn’t tell me where it was going.

“I don’t know if it was a kidnapping attempt,” says West, who is challenging first-term Democratic Rep. Ron Klein in the Sunshine State. “But I am not going to entrust Al Jazeera with my life. I said, ‘Cancel the interview!'”

This is one of the more interesting stories I’ve heard in this election cycle, at least on the Congressional level.